Tarella%20Quin

Tarella Quin

Tarella Quin

Australian children's author and novelist

Tarella Quin or Quinn (1877–1934), was an Australian children's author and novelist. She was also known as Mrs T. S. Daskein.[1]

Tarella Quin, daughter of Edith Quin (née Dollman) and pastoralist and politician Edward Quin,[2] was born in 1877 on a property near Wilcannia, New South Wales.[3] She was educated in Adelaide at Miss Thornber's school in Unley Park.[1]

Several of her books were illustrated by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite.[4][5]

Works

  • Gum Tree Brownie and Other Faerie Folk of the Never Never, 1907
  • Freckles, 1910
  • Before the Lamps are Lit, 1911
  • A Desert Rose, 1912
  • Kerno: A Stone, 1914
  • Paying Guests, 1917
  • The Other Side of Nowhere, 1934
  • Chimney Town, 1934

References

  1. [1]
    "Tarella Quinn's Visit". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 25 June 1935. p. 10. Retrieved 14 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. [2]
    "Family Notices". South Australian Register. Vol. XXXVI, no. 7676. South Australia. 22 June 1871. p. 4. Retrieved 14 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. [3]
    Adelaide, Debra (1988). Australian women writers: a bibliographic guide. Pandora. ISBN 978-0-86358-148-9.
  4. [4]
    Quin, Tarella; Outhwaite, Ida Rentoul, 1888-1960 (1925), Gum Tree Brownie and other faërie folk of the never-never, Robertson & Mullens, retrieved 14 September 2020{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. [5]
    Quin, Tarella; Outhwaite, Ida Rentoul, 1888-1960; Quin, Tarella. Gum tree brownie (1983), The other side of nowhere : fairy stories of the never-never, Angus & Robertson, ISBN 978-0-207-14828-6{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

Further reading

  • Depasquale, Paul; Crabb, Judith, 1948– (1981). The life and work of Tarella Quin: A memorial volume (1st ed.). Pioneer Books. ISBN 978-0-908065-14-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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